Sri Lanka’s Port City Economic Commission Act: A Social-Legal Insight

Abstract

The Port City in Colombo is a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project launched in 2014 as a joint venture between the project company, CHEC Port City Colombo Pvt Ltd, and the Sri Lankan government. The law governing the Port City was passed with a simple majority on 20 May 2021 by the Sri Lankan parliament. This paper analyses the socio-legal implications arising out of the Act and aims to understand the impact of the Port City Act in fostering foreign direct investment in the SEZ.